Intel Broadwell Power Consumption Intel Broadwell power consumption and other Linux benchmark results compared to several different Intel laptops. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1502072-DE-POWERUSE576&grt&sor .
Intel Broadwell Power Consumption Processor Motherboard Chipset Memory Disk Graphics Audio Monitor Network OS Kernel Desktop Display Server Display Driver OpenGL Compiler File-System Screen Resolution ThinkPad W510 HP EliteBook 161C ASUS K56CA ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ThinkPad X1 Carbon Intel Core i7 720Q @ 1.47GHz (8 Cores) LENOVO 4318CTO Intel Core DMI 4096MB 160GB FUJITSU MHZ2160B NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M 1024MB (550/790MHz) Intel 5 /3400 Lenovo Limited Intel 82577LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Ultimate-N 6300 Ubuntu 15.04 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64) Unity 7.3.1 X Server 1.16.2.901 (1.16.3 RC 1) NVIDIA 304.125 3.3.0 GCC 4.9.2 ext4 1600x900 Intel Core i5-2520M @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores) HP 161C Intel 2nd Generation Core Family DRAM 160GB INTEL SSDSA2M160 Intel HD 3000 (1300MHz) Intel 6 /C200 Intel 82579LM Gigabit Connection + Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205 intel 2.99.917 3.1 Mesa 10.3.2 Intel Core i3-3217U @ 1.80GHz (4 Cores) ASUS K56CA v1.0 Intel 3rd Gen Core DRAM 500GB Hitachi HTS54505 + 24GB SanDisk SSD i100 Intel HD 4000 (1050MHz) Intel 7 /C210 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Qualcomm Atheros AR9485 Wireless 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64) 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2 1366x768 Intel Core i7-3517U @ 3.00GHz (4 Cores) ASUS UX32VDA v1.0 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD5SF212 Intel HD 4000 512MB (1150MHz) Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64) 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 1920x1080 Intel Core i7-4558U @ 3.30GHz (4 Cores) ASUS UX301LAA v1.0 Intel Haswell-ULT DRAM 8192MB 2 x 128GB SanDisk SD6SP1M1 Intel Device 0a2e (1200MHz) Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio LQ133T1JW14 Intel Wireless 7260 3.18.0-12-generic (x86_64) 3.3 Mesa 10.4.2 2560x1440 Intel Core i7-5600U @ 3.20GHz (4 Cores) LENOVO 20BSCTO1WW Intel Broadwell-U-OPI 128GB SAMSUNG MZNTE128 Intel Broadwell-U (950MHz) Intel Broadwell-U Audio Intel Connection + Intel Wireless 7265 3.18.0-9-generic (x86_64) 3.3 Mesa 10.3.2 1920x1080 OpenBenchmarking.org Compiler Details - --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --disable-browser-plugin --disable-vtable-verify --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-unique-object --enable-gtk-cairo --enable-java-awt=gtk --enable-java-home --enable-languages=c,c++,java,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --enable-multiarch --enable-multilib --enable-nls --enable-objc-gc --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=x86_64-linux-gnu --with-abi=m64 --with-arch-32=i686 --with-arch-directory=amd64 --with-multilib-list=m32,m64,mx32 --with-tune=generic -v Processor Details - ThinkPad W510: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - HP EliteBook 161C: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - ASUS K56CA: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - ThinkPad X1 Carbon: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave System Details - This was running on battery power. Graphics Details - HP EliteBook 161C, ASUS K56CA, ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA, ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA, ThinkPad X1 Carbon: SNA
Intel Broadwell Power Consumption openssl: RSA 4096-bit Performance x264: H.264 Video Encoding xonotic: 1280 x 1024 - High ThinkPad W510 HP EliteBook 161C ASUS K56CA ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ThinkPad X1 Carbon 137.70 55.28 89.48 210.87 61.44 46.29 134.23 41.52 64.95 208.47 63.38 60.34 263.20 85.32 39.98 241.97 73.65 68.21 OpenBenchmarking.org
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ThinkPad X1 Carbon HP EliteBook 161C ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ThinkPad W510 ASUS K56CA 60 120 180 240 300 SE +/- 0.26, N = 3 SE +/- 0.27, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 SE +/- 0.23, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.09, N = 3 263.20 241.97 210.87 208.47 137.70 134.23 1. (CC) gcc options: -m64 -O3 -lssl -lcrypto -ldl
OpenSSL RSA 4096-bit Performance OpenBenchmarking.org Signs Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ASUS K56CA HP EliteBook 161C ThinkPad W510 4 8 12 16 20 15.44 10.06 8.96 7.53 6.20 2.86
OpenSSL System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max ThinkPad X1 Carbon 9094 15670 18492 ASUS K56CA 11880 17819 20265 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA 10219 20729 24753 ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 13619 29369 35131 HP EliteBook 161C 13689 34006 41340 ThinkPad W510 24262 48083 55589 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better OpenSSL 1.0.1g System Power Consumption Monitor 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K
System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring Min Avg Max ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7503 16255 20996 ASUS K56CA 11250 24408 32520 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA 10108 28170 34617 ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 11417 37424 47530 HP EliteBook 161C 13292 39516 45226 ThinkPad W510 23675 47363 55644 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts System Power Consumption Monitor Phoronix Test Suite System Monitoring 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K
Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max ThinkPad X1 Carbon 7503 7686 8498 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Timed Idle System Power Consumption Monitor 2K 4K 6K 8K 10K
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA HP EliteBook 161C ThinkPad W510 ASUS K56CA 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.26, N = 5 SE +/- 0.07, N = 5 SE +/- 0.14, N = 5 SE +/- 0.12, N = 5 SE +/- 0.40, N = 5 SE +/- 0.09, N = 5 85.32 73.65 63.38 61.44 55.28 41.52 1. (CC) gcc options: -ldl -m64 -lm -lpthread -O3 -ffast-math -std=gnu99 -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-tree-vectorize
x264 H.264 Video Encoding OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better x264 2014-08-30 H.264 Video Encoding ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ASUS K56CA HP EliteBook 161C ThinkPad W510 1.035 2.07 3.105 4.14 5.175 4.60 3.11 2.81 2.24 1.46 1.18
x264 System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max ThinkPad X1 Carbon 9165 16024 18977 ASUS K56CA 11835 18568 21270 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA 10278 22530 31072 ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 13586 27408 38472 HP EliteBook 161C 13689 41960 45226 ThinkPad W510 26433 46944 54904 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better x264 2014-08-30 System Power Consumption Monitor 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High ThinkPad W510 ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS K56CA ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA HP EliteBook 161C ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 20 40 60 80 100 SE +/- 0.10, N = 3 SE +/- 0.06, N = 3 SE +/- 0.39, N = 3 SE +/- 0.17, N = 3 SE +/- 0.07, N = 3 SE +/- 1.10, N = 3 89.48 68.21 64.95 60.34 46.29 39.98 MIN: 49 / MAX: 145 MIN: 36 / MAX: 92 MIN: 35 / MAX: 99 MIN: 34 / MAX: 79 MIN: 25 / MAX: 59 MIN: 17 / MAX: 60
Xonotic Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High OpenBenchmarking.org Frames Per Second Per Watt, More Is Better Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Effects Quality: High ThinkPad X1 Carbon ASUS K56CA ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA ThinkPad W510 HP EliteBook 161C ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 0.774 1.548 2.322 3.096 3.87 3.44 2.33 1.90 1.77 1.11 0.98
Xonotic System Power Consumption Monitor Min Avg Max ThinkPad X1 Carbon 8249 19811 20996 ASUS K56CA 11280 27857 32520 ASUS Zenbook UX32VDA 14060 31778 34617 ASUS Zenbook UX301LAA 11417 40715 47530 HP EliteBook 161C 13292 41845 44580 ThinkPad W510 32074 50444 55644 OpenBenchmarking.org Milliwatts, Fewer Is Better Xonotic 0.8 System Power Consumption Monitor 14K 28K 42K 56K 70K
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